omarisuf.com Make sure to subscribe and go to the above link to get all the information on health and wellness by fitness expert Omar Isuf! Like long distance relationships, crash diets never work and in this video I explain WHY, check it out: Heres a great summary of the video: A common question I get is “I have a “insert important event like a wedding” coming up and I need to lose weight fast, what do I do?” I’ll tell them to eat a smart meal plan, work out intensely and be consistent and results will follow. However most people ignore that and just decide to crash diet anyways. And this is the problem. Crash Diets DON’T Work. But Why Don’t They? I mean if losing weight is all about eating fewer calories than you burn, why not just eat next to nothing? In other words, if its calorie in vs calorie out, why not eat next to nothing? Shouldn’t you lose a crazy amount of weight if you eat less than an anorexic supermodel? The answer is you won’t young grasshopper and heres why. Your body needs a certain amount of calories to function on a day to day basis. Lets say 1500 calories. As soon as you eat less than that, your body enters starvation mode. Starvation mode is when your body panics, spazzes out and starts storing all calories you eat. Fat loss shuts down, and so does anything that doesn’t involve keeping you alive, including your mojo (YUCK). To get its needed calories, your body can either breakdown muscle or fat. Of the two, your body would love to breakdown your …